Stratum
noun
A layer or level of something.
The social stratum of our society.
Often appears as...
- social stratum
- economic stratum
noun
A level of society made up of people of the same rank or position.
People in the lower stratum of society often face challenges.
Often appears as...
- upper stratum
- lower stratum
noun
One of many layers (as in a rock formation or in the classes of a society).
The stratum of sedimentary rock has fossilized remains of ancient creatures.
Often appears as...
- stratum of rock
- sedimentary stratum
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Technical
noun
A layer of tissue or cells.
The outer stratum of the skin protects us from harmful substances.
Often appears as...
- stratum of tissue
- cellular stratum
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Technical
noun
A layer or level of something.
The social stratum of our society.
Often appears as...
- social stratum
- economic stratum
noun
A level of society made up of people of the same rank or position.
People in the lower stratum of society often face challenges.
Often appears as...
- upper stratum
- lower stratum
noun
One of many layers (as in a rock formation or in the classes of a society).
The stratum of sedimentary rock has fossilized remains of ancient creatures.
Often appears as...
- stratum of rock
- sedimentary stratum
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A layer of tissue or cells.
The outer stratum of the skin protects us from harmful substances.
Often appears as...
- stratum of tissue
- cellular stratum
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Broad Use
Stratum can be used metaphorically to describe various types of layers, not just physical ones.
He'd worked through every stratum of the company to become CEO.
Pro Tip 2/2Hierarchy Implication
'Stratum' often implies a hierarchy, with higher strata at the top and lower ones beneath.
She aimed to move up to a higher stratum with her extensive training.
Pro Tip 1/2Broad Use
Stratum can be used metaphorically to describe various types of layers, not just physical ones.
He'd worked through every stratum of the company to become CEO.
Pro Tip 2/2Hierarchy Implication
'Stratum' often implies a hierarchy, with higher strata at the top and lower ones beneath.
She aimed to move up to a higher stratum with her extensive training.
Pro Tip 1/2Broad Use
Stratum can be used metaphorically to describe various types of layers, not just physical ones.
He'd worked through every stratum of the company to become CEO.
Pro Tip 2/2Hierarchy Implication
'Stratum' often implies a hierarchy, with higher strata at the top and lower ones beneath.
She aimed to move up to a higher stratum with her extensive training.
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Renny Gleeson: Busted!...
globally, across all social strata. We're seeing, along with that proliferation of mobile devices, an expectation of availability. And, with that, comes the third point, which is obligation -- and an obligation to that availability. And the problem is, we're still working through, from a societal standpoint,
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Introducing a New Baby...
then yes everybody's in going to be strata stay stationary as possible you can see this a bit of aging RG bhaji that's going on you see and look at how the female reaction you get to involve very quickly she says they're coming to investigate what's going on who needs protection they all gonna come in and
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The unexpected benefit...
and we taught them how to sail the winds to go where the needed to go? It turns out the stratosphere has winds that are going in quite different speeds and directions in thin strata. So we hoped that using smart algorithms and wind data from around the world,
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Thomas Thwaites: How I...
the age that we're living in -- they're debating whether to make it a new geological epoch called the Anthropocene, the age of Man. And that's because geologists of the future would kind of see a sharp shift in the strata of rock that is being laid down now.
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Rethinking Brazil’s...
going to be on everyone's radar everyone's radar and you need to understand this stuff so one of the first things you learn when you go to Brazil is that they're very organized surprisingly and that they organize the society the socio-economic strata in
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Liam Young: Planet City...
The world's shipping fleet that currently scatters matter ripped from the earth into our malls and storefronts could be reversed and repurposed to bring all this material back together again into the geological strata of our new city.
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Digital humanitarianism...
fifty percent of the developing world compared to twenty percent today we are hurtling towards a hyper-connected world where citizens from all cultures in all social strata will have access to smart fast mobile devices people are
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The Mind-Bending Art of...
I was tilted on my axis and began a series of explorations to try to figure out how to tell the story of deep time. This has been the quest of my work, and it’s taken me through the cosmos, the geological strata of the Earth,
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José Antonio Abreu: The...
The large majority of our children belong, as I already mentioned, to the most vulnerable strata of the Venezuelan population. That encourages them to embrace new dreams, new goals,
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How long will human...
to cover the whole world in a thin film. People's farming, fishing, and forestry will also show up as a before and after in any such strata because it's those kinds of activities
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Renny Gleeson: Busted!...
globally, across all social strata. We're seeing, along with that proliferation of mobile devices, an expectation of availability. And, with that, comes the third point, which is obligation -- and an obligation to that availability. And the problem is, we're still working through, from a societal standpoint,
Video examples
Introducing a New Baby...
then yes everybody's in going to be strata stay stationary as possible you can see this a bit of aging RG bhaji that's going on you see and look at how the female reaction you get to involve very quickly she says they're coming to investigate what's going on who needs protection they all gonna come in and
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The unexpected benefit...
and we taught them how to sail the winds to go where the needed to go? It turns out the stratosphere has winds that are going in quite different speeds and directions in thin strata. So we hoped that using smart algorithms and wind data from around the world,
Video examples
Thomas Thwaites: How I...
the age that we're living in -- they're debating whether to make it a new geological epoch called the Anthropocene, the age of Man. And that's because geologists of the future would kind of see a sharp shift in the strata of rock that is being laid down now.
Video examples
Rethinking Brazil’s...
going to be on everyone's radar everyone's radar and you need to understand this stuff so one of the first things you learn when you go to Brazil is that they're very organized surprisingly and that they organize the society the socio-economic strata in
Video examples
Liam Young: Planet City...
The world's shipping fleet that currently scatters matter ripped from the earth into our malls and storefronts could be reversed and repurposed to bring all this material back together again into the geological strata of our new city.
Video examples
Digital humanitarianism...
fifty percent of the developing world compared to twenty percent today we are hurtling towards a hyper-connected world where citizens from all cultures in all social strata will have access to smart fast mobile devices people are
Video examples
The Mind-Bending Art of...
I was tilted on my axis and began a series of explorations to try to figure out how to tell the story of deep time. This has been the quest of my work, and it’s taken me through the cosmos, the geological strata of the Earth,
Video examples
José Antonio Abreu: The...
The large majority of our children belong, as I already mentioned, to the most vulnerable strata of the Venezuelan population. That encourages them to embrace new dreams, new goals,
Video examples
How long will human...
to cover the whole world in a thin film. People's farming, fishing, and forestry will also show up as a before and after in any such strata because it's those kinds of activities
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Peggy Johnson
American Businesswoman
Over the course of my career as an engineer-turned-tech evangelist, I've had the privilege of travelling the world and seeing the extraordinary impact of mobile on people and communities across a broad range of cultures and socio-economic strata. In many ways, mobile is a democratizing force. It empowers us. It inspires us. It extends our reach.
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Xavier Dolan
Canadian Actor
We are all different human beings, and we all have different backgrounds, and we stem from different social strata. That is what defines how you hear people talk, how you want to quote them when you speak. We all have different fears and doubts and complexes and this is what shapes the way we see other people. Especially characters.
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Madhur Bhandarkar
Indian Director
As I had visualized, 'Heroine' is shaping up to be a very contemporary film with a different premise and strata. This film, like most of my other films, is a blend of facts and fiction. The film has a larger span, more characters, and costumes... a journey that revolves around an actress's life and the showbiz.
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Will Self
English Author
I've said it before - and I'll say it again: it always seems to me that we come to know our same-sex parents through the bodily and the involuntary; through a kind of fossicking of our own physical strata. As we come to resemble our fathers, so we re-encounter the individual who reared us.
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Huma Qureshi
Indian Actress
As a woman, absolutely, I have had to deal with people making advances at me, but not just people from the business of film industry but people across different professions and different strata. I think it has a lot to do with power; it is not only limited to the film business.
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Robin Hobb
American Writer
I would say that many of the characters in my stories do not live in true poverty - they are not out on the street; they are not wondering if there will be anything to eat in the next week. They are people who are at the lower echelons of the economic strata.
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William James
American Philosopher
Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of character, are the only places in the world in which we catch real fact in the making, and directly perceive how events happen, and how work is actually done.
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Charles Lyell
British Lawyer
In several sections, both natural in the banks of the Mississippi and its numerous arms, and where artificial canals had been cut, I observed erect stumps of trees, with their roots attached, buried in strata at different heights, one over the other.
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Brian Ferneyhough
British Composer
In my model, important interference phenomena arise when individual strata come into contact. These chaotic fluctuations are, I suppose, what my music is really 'about.
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Kapil Sibal
Indian Politician
Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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Peggy Johnson
American Businesswoman
Over the course of my career as an engineer-turned-tech evangelist, I've had the privilege of travelling the world and seeing the extraordinary impact of mobile on people and communities across a broad range of cultures and socio-economic strata. In many ways, mobile is a democratizing force. It empowers us. It inspires us. It extends our reach.
Quote examples
Xavier Dolan
Canadian Actor
We are all different human beings, and we all have different backgrounds, and we stem from different social strata. That is what defines how you hear people talk, how you want to quote them when you speak. We all have different fears and doubts and complexes and this is what shapes the way we see other people. Especially characters.
Quote examples
Madhur Bhandarkar
Indian Director
As I had visualized, 'Heroine' is shaping up to be a very contemporary film with a different premise and strata. This film, like most of my other films, is a blend of facts and fiction. The film has a larger span, more characters, and costumes... a journey that revolves around an actress's life and the showbiz.
Quote examples
Will Self
English Author
I've said it before - and I'll say it again: it always seems to me that we come to know our same-sex parents through the bodily and the involuntary; through a kind of fossicking of our own physical strata. As we come to resemble our fathers, so we re-encounter the individual who reared us.
Quote examples
Huma Qureshi
Indian Actress
As a woman, absolutely, I have had to deal with people making advances at me, but not just people from the business of film industry but people across different professions and different strata. I think it has a lot to do with power; it is not only limited to the film business.
Quote examples
Robin Hobb
American Writer
I would say that many of the characters in my stories do not live in true poverty - they are not out on the street; they are not wondering if there will be anything to eat in the next week. They are people who are at the lower echelons of the economic strata.
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William James
American Philosopher
Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of character, are the only places in the world in which we catch real fact in the making, and directly perceive how events happen, and how work is actually done.
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Charles Lyell
British Lawyer
In several sections, both natural in the banks of the Mississippi and its numerous arms, and where artificial canals had been cut, I observed erect stumps of trees, with their roots attached, buried in strata at different heights, one over the other.
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Brian Ferneyhough
British Composer
In my model, important interference phenomena arise when individual strata come into contact. These chaotic fluctuations are, I suppose, what my music is really 'about.
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Kapil Sibal
Indian Politician
Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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